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  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Joseph 
  on 
  the 
  Tlhopalocera 
  

  

  surface 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  inner 
  marginal 
  spot 
  immediately 
  

   above 
  it, 
  recognized 
  by 
  Staudinger 
  as 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  

   anteos 
  form 
  of 
  thalia, 
  will 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  below 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  upper 
  

   and 
  lower 
  inner 
  marginal 
  spots 
  " 
  respectively. 
  Their 
  

   presence, 
  however 
  faintly 
  indicated, 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  in 
  each 
  

   specimen 
  under 
  the 
  corresponding 
  number, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  

   that 
  Staudinger 
  was 
  quite 
  correct 
  in 
  maintaining 
  that 
  this 
  

   character 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  specific 
  value. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  

   Burchell 
  series 
  presents 
  every 
  gradation 
  between 
  a 
  condition 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  two 
  spots 
  are 
  distinct 
  to 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  few 
  

   scattered 
  scales 
  mark 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  spot. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   specimens, 
  of 
  course, 
  are 
  transitional 
  into 
  those 
  that 
  show 
  no 
  

   visible 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  marking. 
  

  

  Another 
  very 
  variable 
  character 
  is 
  the 
  somewhat 
  irregular, 
  

   generally 
  narrow, 
  and 
  rectangularly 
  bent 
  fuscous 
  band 
  crossing 
  

   the 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  cell. 
  

   In 
  its 
  most 
  typical 
  form 
  this 
  band 
  originates 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  

   centre 
  of 
  the 
  costa, 
  and 
  runs 
  obliquely 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  cell, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  enter 
  it 
  : 
  opposite 
  the 
  apex 
  it 
  turns 
  

   abruptly 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  and 
  termi- 
  

   nates 
  at 
  the 
  radial 
  streak 
  between 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  first 
  median 
  

   nervules. 
  The 
  distal 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  internervular 
  rays 
  nearest 
  

   the 
  costal 
  margin 
  are 
  sometimes 
  much 
  thickened, 
  producing 
  

   the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  second, 
  much 
  broader 
  band, 
  which 
  often 
  

   fuses 
  with 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  rectangulated 
  band, 
  forming 
  

   a 
  broad, 
  irregular, 
  and 
  ill-defined 
  fuscous 
  patch. 
  Every 
  

   gradation 
  exists 
  between 
  such 
  a 
  widespread 
  marking 
  and 
  a 
  

   band 
  that 
  is 
  narrow, 
  well-defined, 
  and 
  sharply 
  bent. 
  The 
  

   rectangulated 
  band 
  is 
  sometimes 
  reproduced, 
  to 
  a 
  variable 
  

   extent, 
  upon 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing, 
  giving 
  to 
  

   the 
  most 
  strongly 
  marked 
  individuals, 
  viz. 
  1462 
  and 
  1463, 
  

   a 
  pellenea-Wke 
  aspect 
  : 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  developed 
  

   will 
  be 
  noted 
  in 
  all 
  specimens 
  that 
  possess 
  it 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  

   be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  Burchell 
  material 
  exhibits 
  every 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  grade 
  between 
  a 
  well-defined 
  broadish 
  band 
  and 
  a 
  

   mere 
  thickening 
  at 
  the 
  distal 
  ends 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   nervular 
  rays. 
  

  

  Both 
  inner 
  marginal 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wing 
  are 
  distinct 
  in 
  

   this 
  specimen, 
  the 
  lower, 
  as 
  usual, 
  being 
  considerably 
  larger 
  

   than 
  the 
  upper. 
  The 
  rectangulated 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  is 
  very 
  faintly 
  indicated. 
  

   Bz. 
  360. 
  I. 
  [15. 
  10. 
  25.] 
  S 
  = 
  1445. 
  Minas 
  Geraes. 
  Pap- 
  

   [Mo]. 
  (As 
  1358.) 
  

  

  Opposite 
  " 
  360" 
  Burchell 
  wrote 
  " 
  (326)," 
  thus 
  indicating 
  

  

  